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Definition of provincial noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

provincial

noun
 
/prəˈvɪnʃl/
 
/prəˈvɪnʃl/
(often disapproving)
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  1. a person who lives in or comes from a part of the country that is not near the capital city, especially when regarded as lacking culture or modern ideas
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin provincialis ‘belonging to a province’, from provincia ‘charge, province’, of uncertain ultimate origin.
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